Comments on: Academic Appeal: Comparing Pages and Word 2008http://gigaom.com/2009/08/05/academic-appeal-comparing-pages-and-word-2008/
The industry leader in emerging technology researchWed, 14 Mar 2018 14:54:48 +0000hourly1By: Jose Riverahttp://gigaom.com/2009/08/05/academic-appeal-comparing-pages-and-word-2008/#comment-352794
Thu, 07 Oct 2010 21:48:17 +0000http://theappleblog.com/?p=29350#comment-352794Very good article. Citations management is I think one of the most important factors to consider before you go out to buy either Pages or Word. As some other people mentioned, compatibility with Endnote, or BiBDesk, Senta, Bookends should be considered. If you add other options to the mix such as using Scrivener to create the draft, makes it even more challenging.
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Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:34:51 +0000http://theappleblog.com/?p=29350#comment-352793In these comparative reviews, there is almost never any mention of superior alternatives to EndNote, such as Sente and Bookends. Both work very well Pages AND Word, and can be used with Scrivener. These products are stable, functional, pretty and designed for the Mac â€“ unlike EndNote which seems to be a terribly expensive Windows app ported to the Mac. Thomson Reuters, the develper of EndNote, should be embarrassed to offer such a crappy product at such a high price. Academic licences for Sente and Bookends are $89 and $69 respectively. If I remember correctly, EndNote costs $199 with academic discount.
]]>By: Simonhttp://gigaom.com/2009/08/05/academic-appeal-comparing-pages-and-word-2008/#comment-352792
Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:12:46 +0000http://theappleblog.com/?p=29350#comment-352792Not sure it its getting through, while the other solutions are appreciated. Professors are already on limited time, they are viewing at least 1000 papers, they don’t have time seek out alternate systems and software to view a students electronic paper, which is the reason they are “specific” on the format they will accept.

I can’t see what’s so hard to understand about that concept. Send it to me in a file that I can open and read or it doesn’t get graded. Simple

]]>By: Vadim Iablokovhttp://gigaom.com/2009/08/05/academic-appeal-comparing-pages-and-word-2008/#comment-352791
Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:54:39 +0000http://theappleblog.com/?p=29350#comment-352791I recently upgraded to Snow Leopard and CiteInPages doesn’t work anymore. Something wrong with the scripts all of a sudden, anyone know how to fix this or have the same issue?
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Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:04:58 +0000http://theappleblog.com/?p=29350#comment-352790Am using keynote now and needed to print the slides for my hardcopy. But I can’t look for the header/footnotes for insertion of other stuff. Having a hard time now.
]]>By: mechhttp://gigaom.com/2009/08/05/academic-appeal-comparing-pages-and-word-2008/#comment-352789
Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:24:29 +0000http://theappleblog.com/?p=29350#comment-352789not sure who inquired, but this entry will probably not be read anyway…

an alternative to mark up all your PDFs is SKIM. amazing opensource alternative to pro Acrobat. Also, I hear Preview should now have the option to mark up your PDFs.

Skim requires some but very little “get to know”. It saves all comments as metadata that is not easily transported. BUT, there is an option to save the PDF WITH the comments embedded.

BTW can anyone tell me why the Hxxx Word still doesnâ€™t have a keyboard shortcut for â€œSave asâ€¦â€?

]]>By: Mark Crumphttp://gigaom.com/2009/08/05/academic-appeal-comparing-pages-and-word-2008/#comment-352785
Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:55:48 +0000http://theappleblog.com/?p=29350#comment-352785re correct, Iâ€ve found a lot of teachers mark up the file with comments when they grade it. I donâ€t know if thereâ€s a way to do that with the non-pro version of Acrobat."
I've had teachers refuse a .docx file even though a converter is available. I'm finding when they say they want a .doc file, they aren't kidding.]]>As I said earlier, “While youâ€™re correct, Iâ€™ve found a lot of teachers mark up the file with comments when they grade it. I donâ€™t know if thereâ€™s a way to do that with the non-pro version of Acrobat.”

I’ve had teachers refuse a .docx file even though a converter is available. I’m finding when they say they want a .doc file, they aren’t kidding.

]]>By: Robhttp://gigaom.com/2009/08/05/academic-appeal-comparing-pages-and-word-2008/#comment-352784
Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:51:57 +0000http://theappleblog.com/?p=29350#comment-352784When it comes time to hand the paper in, why not simply print the paper to a pdf writer? This would ensure that the paper is formatted properly and that the paper is unalterable. Pdf files are enough of a universal standard that this should work no problem.
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